来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病第11集第11集》

with the so-called great works, or grands travaux,

这一伟大的举措或者说宏伟的施工
that were undertaken from 1852 until 1870.

是在1852年至1870年间实施的
Now, this project was authoritarian.

这是一项独裁专制的工程
The rights of individuals were disregarded.

个人的权利被无视
The population was not consulted about being moved,

在进行人口迁移前并没有与普通群众商量
and it was an operation of colossal complexity.

其操作是繁重而又错综复杂的
All of the affairs of one of the greatest cities in France,

法国这一最大最宏伟的都市
the great city in France,

其所有事务
were gathered into a single pair of hands:

都被集中到一双手中
finance, administration, transport, sanitation,

其财政管理交通卫生
engineering, architecture,

工程建筑
evictions, expropriation of land by eminent domain,

因征地权而驱逐人口